Maryland House Bill 57 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-17 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring a certain animal shelter to conform certain protocols with certain provisions of law; providing that certain provisions do not apply to an animal experiencing irremediable physical suffering; requiring an animal shelter to take reasonable steps to achieve a save rate of 90% of impounded animals; requiring an animal shelter to make certain animals available to be reclaimed by an owner for at least a certain number of days; requiring an animal shelter to make a reasonable effort to identify an impounded animal; etc.

Animal Shelters - Standards of Operation

Del. Mark Chang [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-17	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
2020-01-22	House	Hearing canceled
2020-01-09	House	Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m.
2020-01-08	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation
2019-08-14	House	Pre-filed

HB57 (Carry Over) 2020-02-17 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Agriculture	2	1701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Agriculture	2	1704	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Agriculture	2	1705.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Local Government	13	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0057?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0057f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0057_ent.pdf